Climate twins of Ralston, OK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ralston's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Ralston vs its climate twin
Top match: Indiahoma, OK
| Month | Ralston | Indiahoma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.1°F | 24.0°F | 1.22 in | 51.6°F | 29.1°F | 1.35 in |
| February | 54.5°F | 28.3°F | 1.57 in | 55.2°F | 33.0°F | 1.67 in |
| March | 64.0°F | 37.4°F | 2.76 in | 64.5°F | 41.6°F | 2.48 in |
| April | 73.0°F | 47.0°F | 4.06 in | 73.2°F | 49.6°F | 3.15 in |
| May | 80.0°F | 57.6°F | 5.36 in | 80.5°F | 59.4°F | 4.77 in |
| June | 88.6°F | 66.8°F | 4.50 in | 89.2°F | 68.4°F | 3.89 in |
| July | 94.1°F | 70.8°F | 3.75 in | 94.7°F | 72.7°F | 2.75 in |
| August | 93.3°F | 68.6°F | 3.95 in | 94.5°F | 71.3°F | 3.21 in |
| September | 85.8°F | 60.2°F | 3.39 in | 85.7°F | 63.3°F | 3.35 in |
| October | 75.0°F | 47.9°F | 3.08 in | 75.1°F | 50.8°F | 3.40 in |
| November | 62.3°F | 35.6°F | 1.94 in | 62.6°F | 39.7°F | 1.97 in |
| December | 50.9°F | 27.0°F | 1.86 in | 52.9°F | 31.3°F | 1.64 in |
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →